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Print Price Calculator

Order

What the customer ordered and how it prints.

pcs
pcs

Filament

Use the slicer's estimate for one full plate, supports and purge included.

$
g
g

Print time and power

Print time is per full plate.

h
min
W

Average draw while printing. Most desktop printers use 100 to 150 W.

$

Machine wear

Spreads the printer's price over the hours it will print.

$
h
$/h

Nozzles, belts, build sheets and other wear parts, per print hour.

Labour

Your time, at the rate you pay yourself.

min

Slicing, plate prep and taking parts off.

min

Support removal, sanding, assembly, packing.

$/h

Failures and overhead

Costs that don't show up in the slicer.

%

Adds this share of the material, power and wear for reprints.

%

Rent, software, marketing, as a share of the cost.

$

Per item: box, bag, filler, label.

$

Per order: shipping supplies, listing fees.

Pricing

How you turn the cost into a price.

Markup is profit as a share of your cost: 100% doubles it.

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